Del Norte County Municipal Code § 15.16 Sewer System; Use Requirements

No building, industrial facility or other structure shall be occupied until the owner of the premises has complied with all rules and regulations of the district.

(Ord. 77-42 § 304, 1977)

1. The owner of any building situated within the district and the building, with premises, abuts or has access on any street in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public sewer of the district and such building is within four hundred feet of a public sewer line, is required at his or her expense to connect said building directly with the proper public sewer, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 15.08 through 15.44, within ninety days after the date of official notice to do so, provided that public sewer is available to the subject parcel.

2. Development which has sufficient acreage to utilize an on-site sewage disposal system and the affected parcel meets the physical and health requirements for an on-site system, may be permitted to use an on-site sewage system as an interim use subject to all of the following:

   1. The affected parcel must be at least one acre in size if both on-site sewage and on-site wells are to be considered.

   2. The affected parcel must be at least one-half acre in size if a public or community water system is available and connected to the parcel or as part of the development proposed.

   3. The proposed development must be situated so as to permit further development of the subject parcel to the maximum density permitted by the general plan/zoning when both public or community water and sewer are available and provided to the subject parcel.

   4. No reduction of any applicable assessment will be considered and there will be no reduction or elimination of any applicable fee.

   5. The owner or any subsequent owner of the subject development, within ninety days after the date of official notice to do so, shall connect at his or her own expense to the public sewer, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 15.08 through 15.44, when public sewer is available to the subject parcel(s).

   6. A document prepared at the applicant's expense and recorded at the applicant's expense shall be filed as a notice to the owner and any subsequent owner of the obligations of the property owner contained in this section.

(Ord. 97 -022 § 2, 1997; Ord. 77-42 § 305, 1977)

It is unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited in an unsanitary manner upon public or private property within the district, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the district, any human or animal excrement, garbage, or other objectionable waste.

(Ord. 77-42 § 301, 1977)

It shall be unlawful to discharge to any stream or watercourse any sewage, industrial wastes, or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with the provi sions of this ordinance.

(Ord. 77-42 § 302, 1977)

Except as provided in this chapter it is unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, seepage pit or other facility intended for the disposal of sewage. In situations where the nearest public sewer is more than four hundred feet from the property line, a property owner desiring to construct a building may utilize a septic tank or other approved facility intended for the disposal of sewage provided, that the following conditions are met:

1. The proposed sewage disposal facility must meet all other requirements of the county and the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board, including but not limited to percolation tests and depth of groundwater requirements.

2. The property owner shall execute an agreement in recordable form which shall commit the property owner to extend the public sewer and connect to said sewer, at his cost, whenever the public sewer is extended by the county, other property owners or otherwise, to within four hundred feet of the property line.

Said agreement shall provide that upon extension of the public sewer to within four hundred feet of the property line the then current property owner shall have thirty days after notice from the county engineer in which to connect the building to the public sewer.

(Ord. 82-04 § 1, 1982; Ord. 79-042 § 1, 1979; Ord. 77-42 § 303, 1977)

Where a sewage disposal system is abandoned consequent to connecting with the public sewer, the applicant making the connection shall fill the abandoned septic tank as required by the county health officer within thirty days from the time of connecting to the public sewer. Every abandoned building sewer or part thereof shall be plugged or capped in an approved manner within five feet of the property line.

(Ord. 77-42 § 306, 1977)